The heavens start with letting the bullets fly

Chapter 500 Rongguo Mansion's Calculations
The Rongguo Mansion has been running a deficit in recent years, and it is a bit beyond the means.

The son-in-law earned so much money for the emperor, shouldn't he be filial to his wife's family?
I'm afraid this is what the daughter-in-law and grand-daughter-in-law are thinking.

Thinking of this, Mother Jia still laughed with everyone calmly, and after a while, her voice died down and she let everyone leave.

But Mrs. Wang, Sister Feng, and the maid, Yuanyang, were left behind.

"Second daughter-in-law." Mother Jia said lightly.

"Yes, my wife is here." Mrs. Wang quickly got up and stood up like a wooden figure.

Sister Feng also stood up quickly.

"Min'er's letter said that my uncle has made great achievements and was awarded the title of Cavalry Captain by the emperor. It shows that he has a bright future. This is a great thing. The palace wants to celebrate. You can arrange it."

"Daughter-in-law remembers." Mrs. Wang said blankly.

But in his heart he smiled coldly.

My master was born in the Duke's Mansion, he is Wailang, a member of the Fifth Grade Industry Department, and his elder brother is the military envoy of the Beijing camp, which one is not crushing Lin Ruhai.

A mere seventh-rank official and a mere riding captain, that is, Jia Min only saw it.

It's really shameful.

Seeing Mrs. Wang's dumb response, Mother Jia didn't know what was going on in her heart?
But Mother Jia is old and doesn't like to care about these things, so she just reminded: "The farms in the mansion have not had good harvests in recent years. I heard that my uncle took a lot of gold and silver from the salt merchants. This Miner really It's a life of happiness."

When she heard about the money, Madam Wang relaxed and looked at Sister Feng beside her.

Sister Feng is very clear about the open and secret struggle between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

However, given her status and status, she naturally couldn't get in the conversation, and at most she could say a few witty words to relieve boredom.

She made jokes, and when she saw the expressions of the old lady and his wife were soothed, she came up with an idea: "Now my uncle has been knighted by the emperor, he must have a bright future, why not ask Lian'er to bring the old lady's letter to see my uncle, maybe there is still a chance." gained."

This is also a helpless move.

If you want to borrow money, you have to have an important Jia family to go there, otherwise you can come to someone to send gold and silver with just a letter. Do you think Rongguo Mansion is an imperial palace?Do you think he, Mrs. Jia, is the emperor?

There is no such reason in the world.

Sister Feng went on to say: "My aunt is going to fight a salt merchant in Yangzhou, and my aunt has to take care of my aunt. Doesn't it mean that my cousin has no one to take care of me? Why don't the old lady write a letter and bring her cousin to take good care of her?"

"Good idea!" Mrs. Wang's eyes lit up and she nodded repeatedly.

Mother Jia snorted coldly in her heart, feeling a little displeased.

She is old, of course she likes the love of her children and grandchildren around her knees, but she doesn't like the calculations between sisters-in-law.

Especially children who help their daughter-in-law plot against their own daughters.

The granddaughter is only six or seven years old, and you want her to leave her mother and travel thousands of miles to the capital?
Really not a son of man!

but……

Thinking about the public account of Jia's mansion, Jia's mother could only suppress her displeasure and nodded in agreement.

……

Jia Lian is a son of an aristocratic family. Although he was ordered by his family to go south, he traveled leisurely along the way, wandering around the mountains and rivers, looking for fragrance and beauty, and he was carefree, without panic at all.

When he came to Yangzhou, it was already three months later.

He came by coincidence, just in time for the Lin family to evacuate the incense case of the imperial decree.

"What, my uncle has been promoted to be a salt transport envoy, and was conferred by the emperor as a first-class captain of light vehicles and captain of cloud cavalry?"

When Jia Lian first heard the news, he couldn't help being shocked.

At the same time, I have a new understanding of the grace received by the Lin family.He immediately decided to use 12 points to flatter the Lin family.

It turned out that within three months, Yangzhou salt merchants made up about 400 million salt taxes last year and sent them to the Beijing household department.

This time, let alone the Ministry of Finance, the entire officialdom in the capital was a sensation.

With the money in the household department, many things can be done, and the waists of the officials are also hardened.

The prime minister, elders, and even the emperor felt honored.

A court with money in the treasury and a court without money in the treasury are completely different concepts.

As long as they are ministers who do practical things, they all admire Lin Ruhai's methods.

All in all, none of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty expressed any objection to Lin Ruhai's award.

What's more, Emperor Xiaode has stabilized the situation after more than a year of operation and enough money in his hands.

Prince Yizhong, Prince Zhongchun and other forces have monopolized countless financial resources, but together no one earns more. Many people have discussed in private, saying that His Majesty has the appearance of a wise king and discerning people. No wonder the Supreme Emperor can Pick him.

There are even privately discussed by the aristocratic family in Beijing that with so many people in the hands of Prince Yizhong and Prince Zhongchun, they can't compare with what they can earn by themselves. No wonder they can't compete for the throne.

What is the difference between Meng Changjun and Jun Meng?
As we all know, Wang Anshi once commented on Mr. Mengchang, saying that his hands were full of thieves, no wonder he had a false name in the end.

Who said this, but no one can find out.

However, it can be seen that Lin Ruhai has won the Sacred Heart.

So the emperor promoted Lin Ruhai as a matter of course.

The current Lin Ruhai is the Deputy Envoy of Salt Transport Department of Huaihe River Capital, from the fifth rank, the same rank as Jia Zheng, the second master of Rongguo Mansion.

However, Lin Ruhai also has a first-class baron, which is a second-rank title. Although he is not as good as Jia Amnesty's first-class general, he has more real power than him.

As Lin Ruhai's wives, Jia Lian was uneasy, and only felt that his own signboard seemed a bit useless.

Rongguo Mansion has a great reputation in Beijing, and no one dares to lose face with the famous card of Rongguo Mansion. Even a certain case can be reversed.

But Uncle Lin has only been in office for less than a year, but he has already become a first-class baron. That is Jane in the heart of the emperor.

Lin Ruhai's nephew Chen Zhao, who was in charge of receiving Jia Lian, was only a patrol inspector, yet he was named the Captain of Qingche.The visible future is great.

Will such a family let the old lady, wife and others in the family get what they want?

"Nephew pays respects to uncle and aunt."

Thinking of these things, Jia Lian paid a respectful visit.

Although the title of first-class baron is difficult to hold against the title of Duke Rong, it seems that it is not something Jia Lian can resist.

"Sit down, Lian'er, our mother and I haven't seen each other for many years." Jia Min was very happy to see his nephew, and quickly asked him to sit down.

"Lian'er often misses my aunt too." Jia Lian laughed, and then said to Lin Ruhai, "Congratulations to my uncle for his great achievements. Jane is in the heart of the emperor, and I also wish my uncle to enter the cabinet to pay respects in the future."

Then he said to Chen Zhao: "Brother Zishang's virtuous power, brother Yu is far away in the capital, and he has heard of it, it's really amazing."

Chen Zhao smiled slightly: "Brother Jia comes from a noble family and is often heard to be smart and capable, and my younger brother has also been known for a long time."

Jia Lian said with a smile, "Zi Shang is being polite."

Chen Zhaodao: "That's good. People say 'wrap a hundred thousand at your waist, ride a crane down to Yangzhou'. Yangzhou is a famous city in the world, full of flowers like brocades. Brother Jia might as well visit more to see this place of Yangzhou, and have a better relationship with Brother Jia. Compared with this road, which scenery is more beautiful.”

"Okay, okay." Jia Lian said with a smile: "Zi Shang doesn't have to be polite to me, you and I are brothers, and how old I am, you can just call me 'Second Brother Lian'."

But he sighed in his heart.

I traveled all the way to the mountains and rivers, but the other party knew about it.

What he said was very clear, no matter what he said, he didn't seem to be in a hurry, because he came all the way slowly.

It's even harder to talk about money matters.

In fact, Chen Zhao thought on his heels, and knew exactly what Jia Lian wanted to do in Yangzhou.

According to the nature of the Jia family, when they heard that Lin Ruhai had presented so much gold and silver to the emperor, they naturally wanted to get a share of the glory.

But Jia Lian is destined to return disappointed.

Because the Lin family didn't have a few taels of silver in his account.

The reason is simple.

Lin Ruhai became a salt merchant, created such a big scene, and presented so much gold and silver to the emperor, so he naturally attracted the attention of the government and the public.

So Lin Ruhai was stared at by countless pairs of eyes at this time, and if he made a little overstepping, he would be accused by thousands of people.

At this moment, Lin Ruhai must of course protect his feathers.

However, Lin Ruhai and Chen Zhao don't need to say this kind of thing, it is most appropriate for Jia Min to say it.

Chen Zhao only needs to entertain him, and then take him around Yangzhou, and then ask Zhang Heqing, Han Xiaozhong and others to take him around Mingyufang and drink flower wine.

After entertaining them for more than a month, Jia Lian finally realized that he could not borrow money at all, so he returned home in low spirits.

In fact, although Jia Amnesty was the one who inherited the title of Rongguo Mansion, it was Jia Zheng and his wife who lived in Rongxi Hall. Everyone in the mansion called Jia Zheng "Master", not "Second Master".

Therefore, Jia Lian, a dignified successor, was just a senior housekeeper running errands in Rongguo Mansion. Although he spent a lot of money, the financial power of the family was in the hands of the Wang family.

So Jia Lian didn't feel deeply about the deficit of Rongguo Mansion.

Of course everyone is happy to borrow money, but Jia Lian doesn't care if he can't borrow money.

However, when he saw Jia Lian's ship slowly leaving the Yangzhou pier, Chen Zhao immediately frowned.

This time Jia Lian was sent to borrow money, and next time it was time to invite Lin Daiyu to live in the capital.

As soon as Daiyu entered Jia's mansion, wouldn't she be targeted by that big treasure face?

Before that, I had to conquer Daiyu's heart.

The tears of Fairy Jiangzhu can only be shed for him, Chen Zhao.

(End of this chapter)